Wrist-watch.



c. L. DEPOLLIER.

WRIST WATCH.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-18, 1915.

Patented July 25, 1916.

CHARLES L. bEPo'LLIEn, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WRIST-WATCH.

Specification of. Letters Patent.

Application filed September 18, 1915. Serial No. 51,320.

To'all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES L. DEroLLIER,

a citizen of the United States, and residing in the borough of Brooklyn of the city of New York, county of Kings, in -the State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wrist-Watches, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, form ng a part thereof.

This invention relates to devices for holding wrist watches-in place on the wrist or arm or sleeve of the user. Expansion bracelets, such as are commonly used by ladies, are not well adapted for outdoor use, especially by men, havin neither the desired strength nor the capacity for'adjustment re quired, as for application to the'bare wrist or to the coat sleeve of the user, nor facility in' application. Strap-holders, which are commonly used by men, have the necessary strength and might also have the necessary capacity for variation in length, but the endsof the strap are usually separable and it is not an easy matter to engage such separable ends with the fingers of one hand when the effort is made to secure the watch upon the other wrist. Moreover the buckle, unless placed close to the watch, with an underlying protector, and therefore difficult of manipulation by the fingers of one hand, causes discomfort to the wearer. The use of a hook on the free end of the strap, to enter a perforation in another portion, of the strap, is objectionable because, although easily disengaged, it. is not easily engaged andis apt to cause ,pain by contact with the flesh beneath in the act of engaging it.

It is the object of this invention to provide means for securing the rist watch in place which shall be free from the objections referred to and shall afi'ord great facility in the application of the watch either to a large wrist or a small wrist, or to the sleeve.

The invention will be more fully explained hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawing in which it is'illustrated and in which,-

Figure l is a view in elevation showing a watch with the improved'holder connected therewith, the holder being represented as extended to permit the watch to be applied upon the sleeve. Fig. 2-is an edge view of the same. Fig. 3-is a view similar to Fig. 1, but showing the holder contracted to fit the wrist. Fig. 4 is an edge view ofthe holder shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail illustrating the elastic connection at one end of the Patented July 25,191

holder. Figs. 6, 7 and 8 are detail views of;

' a fastening device that may be employed.

Fig. 9 is a detail view to be referred to. p

The watch-case a, or some part connected therewith, such as the ring I), is provided, at diametrically opposite points, with loops or eyes a and d for engagement with the strap '6 of leather or any suitable fabric or material. The loop d is preferably provided with a yielding, elastic connection, to prevent discomfort to the wearer when the strap is drawn snugly about the wrist. Such elastic connection may have any suitable con-.

struction. As shown in the drawings, it comprises an eye 03 to which the strap 6, is secured, as shown at e, such eye beingcarried by two sliding members (P, which travel on guides (Z secured to the ring I),

which forms apart of the watchcase. Be-- tween the ends a? of the guides d and the cross-bar d to which the eye. at is secured,

are interposed springs d", which normally hold the eye d close to the body of the watch but yield to prevent undue compression of the wrist and discomfort to the wearer when the strap is drawn snugly. One end of the strap is secured to the attachingdevice d, as already described, and the other end is passed through the loop a,

as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 4, and is then provided with a device, such as the clip f, which prevents the end of the strap from being drawn back through the eye, so that the strap can never become entirely disengaged from either loop and is therefore always in readiness'to be drawn up by the fingers of the other hand to take up the slack. The clip or fastening device to secure the end of the strap in adjusted position on the'standing part of the strap should be such as to cause no discomfort to the wearer and to be manipulated readily by the,fingers of the other hand, when the watch and holder have been applied to the wrist. As shown in the drawing it consists of two parts f and ffihinged together at f at one end and provided at the other end with a suitable catch 1''. The member f is suitably shaped to be slipped between the strap and the wrist .and may be provided with teeth f to engage the strap, such en-' gagement being maintained by the member f when it is turned down toward the member if and locked by the catch f. The end of the strap 6 may be'secured t9 the fastening device f by being passed around the member f and secured, as indicated in while one-end of the strap is passed through the-eye and is provided with a clip or fastening device f as before,-the other end of the strap, instead of being secured directly to the eye (11, as before, is carried through the eye 61' and is provided also with a fastening device f which may be the same as the fastening device .7, so that a longer strap, required to encircle the sleeve ofa heavy overcoat, may be taken up at one end to fit such sleeve or the sleeve of an ordinary coat and may be. taken up at both ends to fit the bare wrist.

It will be understood that the invention,

except as indicated in the accompanying claims, is not limitedto the precise details of construction shown, which details may be 'justed position.

fastening device comprising one member to be slipped from one side of the strap between the strap and the wrist. of the wearerand another member movably connected therewith to hold the fastening device in ad- 2. The combination with a watch-case having diametrically opposite eyes, of a strap secured to one of said eyes and having its other end passed through the other of said eyes, and provided with a fastening device to engage the body of the strap, such fastening device comprising one member to be slipped between the strap and the wrist of the wearer and another member to cooperate therewith to hold the fastening device in adjusted position, said members being hinged together at one end and provided at the other end with a catch.

This specification signed this th day of September, A. D. 1915.

CHARLES L. DEPOLLIER. 

